for games, juz stick to C2Q or high clock C2D

latest news is that Arrandale will be out in 3 January 2010...
the following models will make up of the first wave:

Core i7-620M - 2.66GHz, 4MB L3 cache, HTT, Turbo Boost
Core i5-540M - 2.54GHz, 3MB L3 cache, HTT, Turbo Boost
Core i5-520M - 2.40GHz, 3MB L3 cache, HTT, Turbo Boost
Core i5-430M - 2.26GHz, 3MB L3 cache, Turbo Boost
Core i3-350M - 2.26GHz, 3MB L3 cache
Core i3-330MA - 2.13GHz, 3MB L3 cache

well I reckon core i7 920 is overkill
but core i7 720 is priced for value.

Wait for core i5 better.. At least the clocks are 2.26/2.4/2.66GHz dual-core. Replacements of the Core 2 Duo With HTT and Turbo Boost

how bout i7 820QM ?

1 core - 3.0GHz
2 cores -
4 cores -

me thinks it's bottleneck too.that's a dual hd5870 that is even bottlenecked by a 4ghz bloomfield,of course you'll feel it more with your 3.4ghz deneb [like a 965be,it still loses to a 2.66ghz i5 750]

turbo boost...

lowyat already sell i3?

Mr.Dorter,if Core i3 or i5 for laptop,whn t will only available in market? Im heard that is on 7th January? But it still need how long only available in Malaysia market?

Intel said 3 Jan...

I got question about 2 core and 4 core. is 4 core better than 2 core?

how do i check the uninstalled bloatware?
i have disabled the startup apps except for mcafee.
and the technician asked me to disable windows update as well.
i am getting really frustrated.

yes, that would make a great CPU for gaming... together with Core 2 Quad, Phenom II x4 is ahead of Core i7 quad in gaming performance... firstly  X920 has higher clock speed, and u can overclock it further, and secondly, HTT is bad for games...

If AW still offer the M17x on your sig, i would go for that then. I dont want an i7 M17x as it's too expensive.

Core 2 Quad + GTX 460M...

man, that will be a killer combo...

I think you tried to sell it to me, but i am not in Malaysia.

Is it the SLI one for 6k?

"and no I don't wanna see my system lag when I run multiple programs at one go so I'll take something more future proof"

Unless you get a great SSD, the HDD is going to be your bottleneck (permanently). Don't think about 1 year later, even brand new, the laptop is not going to be blazing on multitasking just because you have Core i7-720/740QM (if you have Core i7-920/940 that's a different story).

There's just too much hype on Core i7. This is what led to a possible overproduction of i7-740QMs, which disadvantages users like me. Remember that Core i7 quad only runs 4 cores at the base speed, the highest clockspeed it can reach is only rarely reached, and it only does that for one core. For 1/2 cores it will go 2.53/2.66 GHz, and unless you are a CPU-intensive user, it will rarely use 3/4 cores. Often it turbos to about 2.0Ghz for 2 or 3 cores.

wanna know normal temp for that proc...

multi threading optimized is on the way, since in the future less people use single core machine

up to user
when u running a few heavvy programs together, at least your CPU time wont dominate by single program.
Win7 is multi thread optimized

So meaning the overall winner will be intel? Then if aim for gaming AMD should be ok? If there big different in term of performance for intel and AMD?

up to user
when u running a few heavvy programs together, at least your CPU time wont dominate by single program.
Win7 is multi thread optimized

relax, i just want to test you. lol.

the operating system itself optimized for multithreading, for sure. the programmes or software is the one that not well adapted to that technology. thus, its back to user preference on what field he/she will use. so yeah.

it's been over a year since Resident Evil 5 is released, what how many more games get HTT optimized? none...

so basically, the performance is more or less the same...? just it boost a lil..?